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Here is your Lenten reading for 2025! I intended a quick, breezy read, but I got arrested by several aspects of the book. A major strength is its structure: Text, Commentary, Reflections, Devotional and Leader’s Guide. With some beautiful language and seminal ideas, it mandates pause for pondering about your life during the season of self-examination. Walter “Buddy” Shurden, former chair of the department of Christianity, Callaway Professor of Christianity, and executive director of the Center for Baptist Studies at Mercer University. The Way of Grace: Gospel Stories for Lent by Chuck...

"Silent Knight Storybook: Mother Mary Creates Holy Bread" is a charming story that teaches readers how to wish upon "the bright and morning star." **The story includes a fun secret message to discover, making it great entertainment for the jolly Christmas season. ***This lovely tale combines family love, the joy of giving, and the real meaning of Christmas, making it an ideal book for the holidays. ***The knight's story not only entertains but also inspires true kindness, just like the spirit of the season.

This year is your chance to take back your holidays. Not-your-typical Martha Stewart holiday planning, this audiobook gives you insights to your favorite holiday traditions, practical tips for creating pockets of peace for your family, and ideas for sharing a stress-free Christmas with your loved ones. Bring the true presence of Christmas into your home this year.

A beautiful essay by Charles Dickens that reflects on the real meaning of Christmas, and the joy, the love, and the remembrances of those gone and those yet to come. Filled with warm understanding and a real appreciation of the meaning of the season, this is a delightful addition to everyone's Christmas queue.

A manual of hundreds of Christmas trivia facts - and these are challenging! Learn more and appreciate the Christmas season and what it really means. Included are facts, traditions, and customs about the Annunciation, the Nativity, Christmas Day, Christmas decorations, Christmas songs and performances, the Christmas tree, St. Nicholas, Christmas cards, Christmas meals, and much more! An enlightening book for the holidays! Well-researched and quite informative. A wealth of information packed in every single minute!

From a best-selling author: Explore the rich traditions of Easter! Facts about Easter that you may have never known: Jesus' passion, crucifixion, and resurrection. The first half deals with trivia items and the history of Easter. The second half focuses on a scholarly approach to Easter: opinions of theologians and historians. Something for everyone. A must-listen!

In a joyous celebration of Christendom's most sacred night, excerpts from Old Testament prophecies, the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and Paul's teachings are gathered into a unified whole to capture the wonder and majesty of Christ's birth, the world's anticipation of it, and its meaning for mankind.

Are you looking for a way to set your focus on the true meaning of Christmas, but don’t have a lot of time? Do you want something simple, that you can accomplish easily, yet you want it to add a sweet and satisfying component to each day as you move through the Christmas season? Are you looking for easy-to-implement activities that you can do as a way to emphasize the spirit of Advent? The beginning of Advent marks the first day of the Christian calendar and is a period of anticipation and preparation for the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Are you hoping to rediscover the magic of the winter holidays? Looking for traditional inspiration for your upcoming Xmas parties? Ever wondered what’s behind the twelve days of gift-giving? The daughter of a real cowboy, award-winning author Larada Horner-Miller grew up in a small rural community in southeastern Colorado. Now she’s using her seventy years of festive experiences to share the true meaning of the season and how to rejoice in its miracles.

What if a Christmas cook-off could serve up a second chance at love with the girl who got away? Brady McGrath thought he’d buried his heartache long ago, until fate hands him a Christmas miracle — a cook‑off that pairs him with the woman who lingers in every dream about the future. To make matters more complicated, she applies for a job at the ranch he runs. Through shared moments, stolen glances, and the warmth of the holidays, the gruff cowboy finds himself hoping that the spark that’s still between them isn’t just a reminder of what didn’t work the first time….but a flame ...

From the day James rescued a street cat abandoned in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, they began a friendship which has transformed both their lives and, through the bestselling books A Street Cat Named Bob and The World According to Bob, touched millions around the world.

Forty Days for Christmas is a 40 day devotional attempting to define the meaning of Christmas using Scripture, personal stories and antecdotes. A great listen for people of all walks and faiths during the Christmas season.

If you’re coming up on the holiday season and you are struggling – in your marriage, with your divorce, as a single mom, with an illness, with a hurting relationship…with LIFE – Holidays for the Hurting will gently come beside you and walk you through the season with grace and tenderness, pointing you to Jesus each day for twenty-five days.

Nigel Wyndham, the 19th Earl of Birkenmor, is captivated by the elegant woman he meets in a small-town bookstore in Huckleberry Falls, Wyoming. Trish is charming, quick-witted, and a devoted fan of the Misty Vale novels—a series he grew to love after the death of his first wife. But just whenever they begin to grow close, she pulls away, leaving him more intrigued than ever.

In this delightful sleigh ride through Christmas history, Paul Kerensa answers the festive questions you never thought to ask.... Did Cromwell help shape the mince pie? Was St Nicholas the first to use an automatic door? Which classic Christmas crooners were inspired by a Hollywood heatwave? And did King Herod really have a wife called Doris? Whether you mull on wine or enjoy the biggest turkey, the biggest tree, or the biggest credit card bill, unwrap your story through our twelve dates of Christmas past.

Witness Christmas was created with biblical models of peace in mind. It combines holy scripture with the soothing word-centered modern folk hymns of ordinary time to create a truly unique worship experience. We hope it draws you closer to God and brings you peace, both in this life and the next.

Heart of Christmas is a collection of true Christmas stories that will warm your heart and help you remember what Christmas is all about.

These never before released lectures are considered by the thousands who have heard them to be profound and illuminating. Originally released by the Philosophical Research Society, Better Listen! is pleased to make available to the wider public a series of very special edition audio recordings from Manly P. Hall.

From Mary’s act of sacrificial love in Bethany to Jesus' brother watching Him ascend into Heaven, this collection of fifteen interwoven short stories will transport you back in time and immerse you in the most pivotal moment of history.

The story of the wisemen does not begin with their background - it starts with a star. That star can still lead anyone to Jesus, and He waits for us to come to worship Him! The Christmas Star - is a 30-Day Christmas devotional. Each day includes a Bible verse and a short simple story that shows how the birth of Jesus still shines a light for our daily lives today. Come experience again the ageless stories of Mary, Joseph, the Wise Men and Shepherds, as well as some of our family's special memories that will warm your heart. At the end of this book there is a section, for you to add your own...